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Letters Patent No. 68,984, dated September 17, 1867. l l

IMPROVED EGG-CUP AND TONGS.

TO A LL WHOM IT MAY CONCEEN:`

Be it known that I, CLIFTON HELLEN, of the city of Washington,Dstrictiof Columbia, have invented aj iseful and improved Egg-Cup and Ido 'hereby declare the following to be au exact description thereof,refer- I ence Vbeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to tbeletters of reference marked thereon, making a partof thisspeoieation,`in which- Figure 1 represents the adjustablecup and tongs.

Figure 2- shows the cup separate from the tongs, with the stand orbottom ofthe cup divided, `so as to answer the purpose of feet.

The natuieo'f my invention iseu adjustable metallic cup, shaped similarto an egg; so as to t and hold; u" boiled egg on the table, the cuphaving a. solid or open stand to rest on the table as an ornamental boseor` feet; the cup being pivoted to the ends of a tongs or `jointedhandle for convenience and useto avoid handling lthe hot egg with thengers.

A A represent the egg-cup, formed and shapedl to suit the shape of anegg, medeiof'metal, and in two 1 1 parts, so as to Open and close on tothe egg by Ineens ef a spring-joint, B, attached'to a stand `orornamental base, The base may be (as at iig. 1 solid, ordivided toanswer as feet, (as shown at iig. 2.) The eup A is I; attached to theends of a'tongs or jointed handle, D, on pivots E, so as to hold the eggupright or rest it you `a. table, and is thus prevented from upsetting.The pivots E are intended to be screws or movable pins, so as to tremove the tongs whenever required to use the adjustable cup without thetongs. i What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is- I The adjustable meteiiie egg-cup A, wit'nits sp'ring-jontBand base C, combined withthe tongs D, as herein` 1 described and for thepurposes set forth. I CLIFTON EHILLEIQ` Witnesses:

J. FRANKLIN RIeAnT, EDM. F. BROWN.

